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• • state. the Affirmative to the contrary. And yet he came to a conclusion, merely, as witnesses were not 'examined upon oath. Thus he would not allow that the contradiaions should be taken to be veri fied in the same manner. The Leal nal Gentleman next proceeded to animadvert upon the evidence of Mrs. Clarke and Mks Taylor, between which be drew some very pointed distinaions. Mrs. Clarke's evidence was without any corroboration,- except in one or two particulars by Miss Taylor. But taking `it upon the w hole, there was ,not a syllable of it • which went in any measure to prove that the Duke of I'M; was privy to these corrupt practices, much less that he participated in any 61 the profits arising from them. It was not upon Mrs. Clarke's general demeanour that he 'discredited her, evidence, but upon the proof of certain undisputable faas. It was notorious, that from the year 1804 she began the business of an army-broker, and that she carried on after her:separation from the Duke of Yoik ; dur ing the whole of that period she was engaged in that traffic, and thew hole of her stock in trade consisted, in lying and deception. The whole of those engaged with her, all the witnesses on her side, Sanden, Donovan, Corri, &c. contributed to confirm the same notion and .charaCter of her dealings. The evidence of Mrs. Clarke alone attempted to estas , Wish a privity and connivance. on the part of his - Royal Highness ; nor did the documentary evidence produced. afford any corroboration of her testimony. Every thing, on the contrary, tended to shew that Mrs. Clarke, instead .of being a reluaant witness, as she had been represented by some Gentlemen; was a witness instigated by revenge, and prepared by de sign. Up to the very moment of the present in quiry, she was . known 'to be colleaiqg matters of charge against his Royal Highness the Duke of York, which she offered to deposit in the hands of other Gentlemen betbre she entrusted them to those of the Honourable Mover in this Inquiry. Witness her letters to Mr. Adam ; witness her repeated threats against his Royal Highness: yet after all these proafir of an hostile intention, of long preme ditated revenge, some Gentlemen will continue to , describe her as an unwilling and a reluaant evi dence, The Learned Gentleman next touk a retro - spea of Mrs. Clarke's transactions from the time she opened a shop for the sale of commissions in 1304 down !to 1806. , She pretends to haVe carried . son thatiraffic during nearly the whole 'of that lime, ,with a view to raise a fund to enable her to defray the expences of her establishment in Gloucester place ; and that during the whole of that period the Duke of York had suggested and was the con triver of. the system she was carrying on. Yet we have,. in contradiction pf this assertion, the evidence . of Colonel Gordon, whOse'aceuracy, whoie eprrea ness it was im,possible impeach. The very sale which hid Royal Highness is accused of conniving . at and promoting, he himself, in conjnnaion with Colbuel Gordon, had talon measures to prevent in 1804, when measures were taken to prevent or re pine the sale of CoMmissioni, to frustrate, not to favour the traffic, for which lie is now accused of participating. Besides, if the Duke Of York had ever been coescions participating in or conniving at such abuses, would he.ever have seleaed a man Of Mr. Adam's principles, of Mr. AdaM's charater and integrity, to whom to disclose his affairs ?—most improbAhle. The Lelirned Gent. next set forth the . resointion and ti,lnutess with which his Royal Highs ; uess'had .lismissed i<li s. Clarke, upon finding she had made an improper use of his natn in money tranti aaion!4. Thriconsciousness of his innocence enabled him to set: her at . defiance.. . The same consciousness of innoceece inapelled him for the Most public in . qniry into his condua' for. the most minute and,iins 'partial investigation of every charge That was brought eminst him.. Yet, with all ,these proofs of itmo ceoce on his part, is -Mrs. Clarke to. be believed against him, instigated as she evidently l irsby uspirit of revenge, and upon an evidence uncorroborated by any other witness The Learned Gentleman concluded by s indicating nis.Right Hon. Friends from the itinnitation of having treated Misit Tayler ' • with Unnecessary rigour amid , harshnis s s, where no thing more was done than was indispen sa bl e t o t h e de tectiott of the truth. He had only to remark that the same tenderness was never manifested by the Gentlemen Opposite Win, :for the witnesses in favoor. or the Duke: of York, which they wished to be o.hsel,Yed towards the witnesses against him. He had one' to exemplify the wanner in which Mr. Nicholls, of Hampstead, had been treated by an Hen. . • Gentleman (Mr. WnithrCad), Who. licensed 'Mt. N. of having tided basely, clklionestly, and corruptly, only because he had refused to deliver up papers.to Mrs. Claykr, which were only called for after die present in Yestigatioll 11434 - began; and which Mr; Nicholls might Justly have thought necessary to • detain, in casts they might be called `for. during the course of the inquiry. Upen the whole of the case be saw no mason which could hidece bun to vote fOr the Address of the Hon: .Gentlemati. Lord Poottraorse end the ATI4II'NLY and SOLI, CITUit GVNEILIGuff4ed a few wards in expleoation ;. , after. which Lord CASTLERSA . CII tose, and moved; that the House .do now adjourn,. giving notice.at the same time, oVaent bet Question which he intended to bring forward on 'Wednesday. The. House then adjourned till this day, at Four o'Clock this Mdfning: T 1 E S U N. 40Liti 4 QUIS UICiItI PALIUM Alibi/P/ LONDON, TUESDAY, MAKCII 14, 1809. We this morning received the following Letter from Faltimu:l3)-- " FAt.ourii a MARCH 1 I.—Arrived his Majesty'o Ship Surveillan le, from the lirazilk, with a convoy 111 , 1 blited on the 22d apeCember. - Lieut. SCOTT, of his M3jesty'3•Ship Hedprd, can in her, with dis 7 patchet.fruttt Lurd ST4tANOFORD, with which he is . gotle . 011' for Loptiott, On the 3d inst. in lat. 4(3. 3u. Long. 12. to. at day-light; saw a squadron of iuur Sttipi of the Line and three Frigates, lying to leeward, and in, tlie an of burning a Brig. Several large Ships, apparently Men of War, appearing in :sight', to windward, the above Squadron made all sail and stood to theiwe4ward, (the wind at East) when the Survgillnie lost s►ght of them.' Two Ships of the pursuers were much a bead of the re mainder of the Squadron, and apparen►ly gaining fast on the otherS." The intelligence brought by. he Surveillanie is so vague that it is impossible to draw any positive conclusion from it. In all probability the Squadron first seen ray the Survei(Mate was the one which lately escaped from I..,'Orienr, and Ave are strongly inclined to hope that the several large Ships which afterwards hove in sight' were Sir JOHN • Ducx - WORTH'S Squadron ; but the distance they were at from the Sur veillante was so great, that she could not ascertain that they were Line-of-Battle Ships or even Frigates. According to letietsfrom the immediate vicinity of Saragossa, that place- had not Wien on the 25th of January, notwithstattling all the accounts in the French Papers, detailed with so much apparent ac curacy. Our Readers, however, will remember we stated that the Monitor, the official French Paper, did not confirm the news. / The other accounts from Spain are of a favourable nature. • The army in the vicinity of , the Sierra Morena,..aecording to letters from Andalusia, dated 17th uk. amounts to 21,000 infantry, and 1700 cavalry.. PALACICTS had bt%..fi superseded, and Count CASTOGAL appointed to the command of those forces, as well as to the army of the centre. The Duke of INFANTADO has been dis 'placed, and required to appear before the Junta of Seville, to explain his candud. CUESTA, with 14,000 infantry, and 2000 cavalry, had fixedhis head-quarters . at Truxillo. At Alcautara there was an army of about 14,000, chiefly English and Portu guese. There was still a large French araty in Leon.. The siteatiun of Rost ANA, and the retreat of the Bri tish, were known' to Cu ESTA, who, however, was not dismayed, but was preparing to attack the enemy, in conjunction with CASTOGAL•With this view the Duke of Autu€LERQUE had, been oidered to proceed with his force, 8000 infantry and 2000 cavalry fromi La Mancha to Toledo; whereilm enemy is in qtretigth; The 40th Regiment. which had reached the neighbourhood of Seville, and been joined by • the British troop's, Were, by desire of Generals CasTo. GAL, Cauz„ and ABADIA, to advance to La Carolina, to assist the Patrhits . in that quarter. The report that BULM/WA RTC has sent the Royal Family of Spain to South America haS been 'again revived, and it is now'said that they are on - hard the Squadron which escaped from L'Orient.. It is hardly necessary lo observe, that this, assertion rests entirely upon canjedure„ as no intelligence to that effett has readied this country. , It appears to us highly improbable t hat BUONA I'ARTR should adopt such a measure, because we cannot, see any possible advantagethat he could derive from it t unless it can be supposed that CHARLES and FERDINAND, when libetated kora Abe' power of 1:110NAPAIIT2, ,WOUld bISCOITi, hi 4 uilling ingtrurnents to perpetuate their own Slavery, and to destroy the independence of their Countiy. Among the rumours to which the late visit of their PausstAN MaJesuits to Petersburgh •has.given oc casion, is the fellowing :—lt has been genetaily Utl• dt•rStOOd that: the Qs.:een of PtiusstA had a great ascendanctuver the mind et die Empery ALEXAN and , th4t she had induced the King to hasten 10s. visit to ItUsSia, that she might try the force .of t h at asdendandy, iu prevailing upon ALEXANDEIt to 'join Austria it a new war with France, represent that when slain should be subdued, and the Austrian Monarchy overturned. Prussia must be an e a sy prey, and Itkissia could hardly kneel to escape the tiall4e tato as had befallen so many ancient Go vernments. ALEXANDLII, it is said, was deeply pressed by, the truth of all the Queen,urged i bn signified ifsut though he looked with horror upon the French Usurper, yet he looked also with appre hension, and that, the engagements into which he had enrered, r and the, finances of his Cbuntry, pre. vented him .front entering into aaive hostilities,,and that all he could venture to phimi3e was to main tain a rigid neutrality, if Austria should unfortunate ly be unable to resist the overbearing pretensions of BUONAPARTae•--.We have given this story, because it . relates to a subject of great importance in the present state of Europe, but without .having much confidence in it. It is by no means probable that in the humiliated condition of Prussia the King and Queen would have embarked in so perilotis an enter prize with acelietle chance of. success ; and it is still more improbable..' that it such . an intercouse had taken place between the Queen and the Czar, it would have transpired, as the safety of all porties imperiously demanded the Most solemn secrecy. Private letters from Holland repot t, that, accord. ing to a secret article of the recent treaty between Great Britain and Turkey, the Porte is to join with Aus i tria in the war against France, and Great Britain is to furnish the Turkish GovernMent with arms and ammunition at Malta or the Morea. ThiS intelli gence% is is said, come. from 'Malta. 'Vt.:sic:n.4 a Cabinet Council was held at the Fn . reign Office.. The whole of the Membcrs were pre:.. -sent. Their deliberations lasted trout balf7after one till half after fUur o'clock. IREL/IND. TifkLEE, Fan. 28.—0 n the morning of Sunday,' last, ColOnel Godfrey and Major Mahony (the latter having been particularly solicited fort he purpose by Some of the people in the disturbed quarter) repaired to the Roman Catholic house of worship; of the parish of Kiltomy, where they were -joined by Thomas William Sandes, of Killycrim, William Hilliard, of Ballyhorgan, and Alexander Elliott, Esqrs. The obje& of the meeting was, • the re-establishment of peace and subordination among the people; . and the means sele&ed for this. end were the strongest and most pathetic remon strances to them, on - the mischief, crime, and fogy 'of,continuing disobedient to the laws--on 'the necessity of returning immediately to the habits of peace and.industry, andof evincing a resolotion to do so, by giving up their arms" and taking the oath of allegiance. The appeal wall' ably and int pressively repeated, in the Irish language, by the, Rev. Mr. Buckley, a Roman Catholic Clergyman of 'this diocese, who had been called to this best of ser vices by Major Mahony. Those exhortations had their effdt. The entire congregation, which was numerous, .rose with ono voice to declare their submission and entire acqui escence to every sentiment conveyed to them. A respe&able and peaceable inhabitant of the . name of Ferdivand Lyne, was the chief organ of this general and desirable feeling. A mail also named Madden, made similar prolessiOns ii.)r himself and all the others assembled. He acknowledged that he had been a Whiteboy,- bUt never engaged in any atrocious at% or en . gaged at all' in the l ate tut bances. On the same day those Gentlemen went f orward to the Chapel of Irrimore, in the parish of Killa hap, where Major' Ponsonby had been on the toot n ing of that day, ably explaining the law, and incul cating the best instructions. At this Chapel, as.at the former, exhortations the most appropriate Were delivered by the same de aerving.aut horities, and received with the same good tiled. All the people, with one accord hastened to push forward and approach their civil and iti ja gious instructors, tendering at the same time,. OM predicable pledge of their sincerest intentious, to re', turn immediately to the duties of mora li ty and - o f peace. One instance of their sincerity ought to b® mentioned. The brother of the garish Priest of Irrimore was, it seems, obliged some time ago ti) -quit his residence in that parish, having b een ohnox ions to the Whiteboys, tnerely because he had wallaconcern in tithes.—Major ..hlahony, when 01041 acquainted with this circutnstanee, wished to l V ut the sincerity of those penitent Whiteboys to all In,' scant test, hedemanded them to recal the exiled Proc" tor.. They .immediately and a ct . ' tally assented, and offered to conduct him back themselves.to his former abode., After the conclusion of service at this Ch a P el, the. people Were instructed to meet on the next d ay , at Ballyhorgan, there to give up ar ms and swe ar allegiance. Multitudes did pursuantly assemble--' all of them, or as many as the Magistrates have received, swore allegiance, and. several stan . o , s _ of arms were delivered on that day, and in t, 11 , : course of the week. Those deluded poor PecP!l.. t renewed their professions of snow and ‘ 3 " ny ` de . situ), with a general .ardour and enthiiiiasna monstrating since:tiny. They declared the ir oaths, that the greatest su ff ering which vale° t h e n to madness, sprang from ProCtorship, or the mantic. of collecting tithes. Of the cussuncoanetit..e, contrary, they distinctly declared , felt no evil with Clerical Agents,t they did nor *complain on lb, whatever, wheh dealing solely and immediately with the clergyman. . . . Mr. G. Wilson , the celebrated Northumbrian p?..clestrian, has offered to walk. 360 tildes it, six soc cessiyedays, at sixty miles each day, for a suscrip tion purse of 50 guineas. M:% 11. S. Autry so —1 Dublin. Du a—% Gottenburgh, 2 Waterford. PRICE 01: SI'OCKIS stirs PAY AT TIVILVII. O'CLOCK, Consols - . . . . - 670_ BIRTH. Yesterday, the wile of Mr. lloontr, Stationer, ia Areet, of n stili-born • . • On Mondayse'nnight, Miss Ford, daughter of MC 1" dan, to Mr. r ttzgerald; son of Unit Henr) ttt On Tuesday last, at St. Luke's, Middlesex, Robert lune:, cent. Eliq. nr K%-iiii)l.l2 , wil, tu the youni,Lst (laughter 01 lames Newt'', Esq. of lolin....treet;' Fit aroy-squalc• T ed d er on Saturday last, at.•Sr.' t ie . s ou tl i wark,,.” Clarke. Estr: the only son of William Clarke, .lisq• 01 in the Isleof Wight, to Martha Douglas Pinhorn, the eat daughter of Sir John ['inborn, of Southwark, and or ltit'f , " wood-House, lite rif Wight. Mac - Lately, - Mr. Thomson, of Craven-itieet, to Mi ss ' ut Cadogan ptatx, Sloatte.t.treet. none Yesterday, G. It. Holme, F.4° of. Cjaphant Col n to Miss Bum, f I.inoln's•inn.fi.:lds. On the Bth l u st; a t St. P ut; Cutierit garden. •••• r • 1 01: Cooper, of Maiden-lane, strand, to Mi)4.iary dleto of Vine. stfeet, Piccadilly. • AtIo• West, tin y Tuesla l .. sennight, at Louth, Mr. Titus • Air. thecaryoo Miss Uvalale, daughter of the lac •" thiedide. of Langtolt. . . an O it n pr ihes n ag tni t c h il o t t. u N n o d v: r in i hr: c r ilisult:,:rattanTorioevseten,inv4ielliel7 Itrail)*ltarlint °1. 1. 1 1 . 11 t a h u e e 6 r. th inst. in Cork -street. llttrangte.:• ' ,i t iw . om i n ic f (?)% ar n% i lo t s 1 7, T, eL t i i rtii tu o otr f nialac t: a y i u evening,r -t ;n I I a a t ti il t t a h r e l Lady sio c,c A u e g i u s u t ti a i c l ;:... 0,..a * f i t . 1 hzaboth .i; itc, r S , t i Buck s , t . 9 li i ‘ ll s i l f t e c t s i ol ' i s , ;e st y r rth t . yi..-ai r t r ie o i' l l.°14 11 5 ;s 1 : 1 ; (1,3::::: .. ton.Ahestseatriltie'Enis::.nion7thaersaCiillarft:Wu)°, Al 4 , place, and 0 fordshire. • . the 3 2d A levy days since, Lieutenant Arthur , Dianeh o f Resonent. The Sante (1.4 y, . • Wm. ili no . On Saturday last, Mrs. Luck, wife of Mi. Luck•oi C ' ll"' hill. ' xsq. ot lohn.4trce C t_i lia ß r e d les tu F r, ra i- t r V s s , , ' ll 0 I, N . ' 0 n Sunday, a t L o ugh ton, :l i hict ri a 1 iElliclitr;iiiiNrilirt7l.li.dll! o o y ilv":114r Mrs' I 4 11 of David Powell, ltsq. in the jstit ye.ir of her age! j •';,•.. Lately, 14tely, :. t Enfield, aged 73, aria a long succession of YCretlillep*tit, Kichard tiough, Esq. ;, i , • - Oo f rithy seattight, Lt the Royal Naval 1i0‘p...',• • ' L -., trouth - in consequen c e of a wound he received at thc !';' or Cotonna Losisn Thomas G ri:fin, of the tat Reh '; ) , (ffi, ~A , . 4)11 Ittes:Ly . 14st, in Essex-street, D u bli n , ND. l liPlionnell, Proprietor of tiinerniart louro =l. ~,;„ On the 2zd of January last, on. board is Majaly,.? " 1 r,4 Antall', in Leith Roads,. Gletitenant George liumne, . Royal Navy, son to Clement flutue, at Mallow. ;.,: Laek, at his house at LialSte, at a Vcry a lvan.o •it , . , _ the E t att i, of 13uninoYe, lather to L a dy Augusta IY.ko;ci,oi.4 ______,....... NAVAL NEWF. R MOUT H, IVIA R C 1 3.-.. Th e Prudence from Hull to London, Winn Master, .got on Hasbo rough Sands, on Saturday night last, and the crew and five passengers took to the boat, which unfortu nately upset, and only one person was saved. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 3.—Arrived His Majesty's Ships Blake, Saturn, and Defence from Plymouth; - .Neptune, Royal George, and Olive Branch, from -Cork ; Daphney Brown, from Sunderland. Sailed His Majesty's Ships Jamaica and Tortoise for the Mediterranean ; Dorset, SPENCE, Ocean, FRACY, and Aurora, WA LK RR, for Quebec. PLY MOU rii, MAR the Swallow and Pheasant Sloops of War. Arrived several Colliers frorll the Eastward. Stutiminss, MAR C iI 1 1.----S4llO M3jesty's Sloops Fly and Aggressor. The Trusty is ordered to be paid off, and -the Ley 7 ' den is to take her place. DEAL, MAlldll 13.—Arrived his Maj e sty's Ships Centaur, /rum Plymouth, and Clierilkee frpro, a cruize, and remain in the . Downs' with his Majesty's Ships, as per last. NUiTIAL INPIDELLTY.—T h e unfortunate event in high life which has recently attracted so much at tention, is still, the chief topic of discourse in the upper circles, and has given occasion , to a ,multi plicity of reports. Lord P—, it is said, m anifests the (kepeit regret at what has- happened; and de clares that he will snake any sacrifice, if the friends of Lady CHARLOTTE will receive her. The idea that she will receive any countenance from her hus band's friends is wholly out of the question. Lady P— has been in the most deplorable' state ever since the melancholy buSiness was known. 'llse Countess of U—, her venerable mother-in-law, has been w i t h h er a ll th e time. Lord is gone to the Earl .of GALLowAY's, at Goulhurst, in Sussex, to avoid the general expression of Anxiety which he meets with at home. The Earl of GALLOWAY is Lord U—'s son-in-law. Lady GREAVEs, Lord U—'s sister, who had come to to n on a visit to her brother, was taken so ill in consequence of this disastrous state of affairs, that her accouchement was hastened, and she has been delivered of twini.-- The injured husband, ~who is generally represented as having been one of the nsost indulgent men on earth, as well'as the most amiable in all his domestic relations', is' still, as may be conceived, in a pitiable state of dejtaiOss, and is only seen by his nearest couneaions. The report that Lord has resigned all his Military offices is without foundation. To-day the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of. ETA to be reduced id. per peck. The Quamern Loy( will then be 14. 3 ( 1. The Rev. Mr., HURRAY, who has married Miss GAYTON, is' the brother of Sir .Erstss PULTEXEY, We 7 rejoice to be able to state, that all the ob starAes to the Performers of Drnry-lane wing. for the interests a their owe wiutonnity, were yester day removed. A licence is to be taken out in the names of the Duke of Baopoan and Lord KINNAIRD, They are to appoint their own Managers; and will forthwith announce their place of habitation and their plan. The terms offered to CATALANI by the Opera MI, nager, and which she refosed a not sufficient, were,. we are assured, three thousand guineas for forty nights, two benefits', clear of all expellee, which - are estimated at two thousand more, with liberty to petrol ni where she pleased besides. • ' • - Wm.—The second performance of the Con certs under the direction of Vrs. BILLING -rote, NALDI, and BRAHAM, took place last night at the Hanover-square-Rooms, and had a numerous and elegant audience. • Mrs. BILLINGTOI4 teas unable to appear and Miss Pap kg supplied her place with great BRAIIAM, NALDI, Madame BIANCtit, and Signora Pocerra, all acquitted themselves ably, and-. Roy I:DINO'S manly voice appeared to great advantage. I~AHAM'S Elegiac Ballad, in honour of ISTaLsom, composed by Mr. G. T,SMART, Wni'enc . mri o d. It was finely sung, and well accompanied on the violoncello by LINDLEY. THE '1:1-1EATEE.--The.new Comedy of Independ ence ;' .0, The Trustee, as .we predicted, has effectu ally steered through the storm of ,private hostility, and is . now a very attraelive Drama. It is most ad- t»irably 'supported .by the.Perfortners, and is highly diverting. . 'LEERILY or WHIT/MAVEN 8ANK.....-We stated about six weeks since, *that the Whitehaven Biok had been broken open, arid robbed of Bank of En - and and Provincial Notes to the amount of abodt i 5,0001. Information of all the circumstances at.; tending the robbery, &c. was given at the Public office, Bow greet, and Adkins was sent down.— 'One Elwards and his, wife' were suspe6tedof being concerned. Adkins r:ccordingly ri::t off in phriu)t of thern,,. and after very long and laboriouS pursuit, found Mrs. Edwards, alias Martha Hentley, in com pany with a man of the name of Rogerl, selling goods by, action, within a few 'miles of White. haven. Hu , took them into custody, and found upon them in gold to the amount of Three hundred ga.: tle3S, and between four and five hundred pounds in bank notes. Adkins afterwards resumed his pursuit of Edwards, and other known characters, and found them near. the town of Prescott. He secured Ed- Wards, handcuffed him, and lett him in care of his companion ;. Adkins- followed another =mall of the name of Stockton, and seized him in a ditch into which he had fallen, in an attempt toicap Over ait, The ditch was searched near the spot where he was. when there were discerned nine al. notes of the Red. ford Bank, but which Stockton disowned. Adkins took them both to Bates's Hotel, in Prescott, and searched them, and found upon Edwards fatty gui.‘ nos; a number of. the Huddersfield Bank Notes, in 5i.. note's of the Redford Bank. Upota'Stockton; he found fifty-eight al. notes of the Redford Bank: They have been lodged in Lancaster Gaol, and are to be removed to Carlisle. LONDON: Printed by It ICILIIRD 1 1 4 1 tRil• of N 0.,. Mattlert-coutt, Bow.STreet ; puhliihed by vv.. ILLI u Altutaga Sckippi, Soul KAMM. Mita, Groiverfor-stptvet At the Sti-OfFicz, No. 112 Strand; where adv., fitments, Orders ror iho Pater, 1 fuer' for the Edilor, Stc (oest-paidhuot be addressed,